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Police recovered the body of a man from a haor in the Pirer Char area of Beanibazar upazila of Sylhet, a day after he went missing. The deceased was identified as Dulal Ahmed, 40, son of late Gias Uddin of the area. He was a fugitive accused in a case filed by his wife. Police said Dulal jumped into the water on Saturday afternoon when the law enforcers went on a search operation to nab him. Since then, he has been missing. Read: Man hacked dead in Jashore On Sunday morning, locals found his body floating in the haor and informed police. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Sylhet Osmani Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Hillol Roy, officer-in-charge of Beanibazar police station.

A 33-year-old man has been hacked to death allegedly by  miscreants following an altercation at Najir Shankarpur in Jashore town, locals said. The deceased was identified as Afzal Hossain, a tea stall keeper of the area. Also read: Woman, 2 daughters hacked dead in Manikganj: Husband held Locals said 14-15 men, aides of Sujan alias Tera Sujan, stabbed Afzal from back at the Najir Shankarpur area around 8am on Sunday following an altercation between Sujan and Afzal a few days ago, leaving him seriously wounded. When the locals came to resist the bid, they exploded two bombs and fled immediately, witnesses said. Afzal was later rushed to Jashore General Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. Also read: Woman hacked dead in Joypurhat There are several cases against Sujan who was released from jail around a month ago, said Tajul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali police station. “Drives are underway in the area to nab the killers,” said the OC.

Members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) on Sunday detained seven members of two families who took shelter in Lambashia refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar's Ukhiya who illegally entered from India. The detainees were identified as Shajan,22, his wife Hamida Begum, 20, their son Ibrahim,3, Mohammad Tahir,33, his daughters Saima,5, and Ramina, 2, and Anwar Kalim,25. Also Read: Rohingya girl held for faking identity at Ctg passport office They were held from block F-14 of Lambashia Rohingya Camp-1 East on Saturday evening, said Naimul Haque, commander of APBn-14. He said in primary questioning the detainees have accepted entering from India. All the seven detainees have been transferred to the transit camp with the help of the Camp-In-Charge(CIC), said APBn commander Mainul Haque.    

Two people died and another three were injured on Sunday as a tractor lost control and fell into a roadside ditch at Hatipara Bazar area in Manikganj Sadar upazila. The deceased were identified as Aynal,35, and Miraz,32, from Basail upazila in Tangail, said Abdur Rauf, Officer-in-charge of Manikganj sadar police station. Also Read: Truck driver killed in Lalmonirhat road crash The accident occurred around 5:30 pm on Bartek-Beribadh regional road near Gonger Chawk as the tractor carrying electric poles fell into the ditch leaving two of the driver’s assistants dead on the spot. The injured are currently admitted at Manikganj district hospital, said OC Abdur Rauf.

Police detained a man for primary questioning after an alleged attempt of kidnapping the bureau chief of Somoy Television in Barishal city on Sunday noon. The detainee is Shahin Hossain Mallik, owner of Mumitu Community Center, the location where the miscreants tried to kidnap the journalist Apurba Apu, said Haridas Nag, Inspector of Barishal Metropolitan Detective Branch of police. The incident occurred around 3 pm in front of Mumitu Community Center at Shitla Khola area in the city. Apurba Apu said he was returning to office on foot after covering an accident news and as he reached near the community center a man on a rickshaw started scolding him for his work. Also read: Five cops suspended for assaulting journos in Chattogram “He attacked me and we had a scuffle. As I ran toward Mumitu Community Center another man tried to take me inside a white private car but I managed to flee,” he said. The journalist reported the matter to police and said he has no idea why the men attacked him. A witness on condition of anonymity told UNB that former local Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader Zehad, Mamun, and Alam were among the people who tried to kidnap the journalist. Also read: CRAB leadership condemns attacks on journos during New Market clashes Monjur Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of DB police (BMP) said the matter is under investigation and soon the accused will be arrested.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday said there is no scope for any candidate to win in the Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) elections by flexing muscle power. He said the Election Commission wants competition but not any war; and it will be a big mistake if any candidate tries to win by flexing muscle power. Also read: CEC: Not fully confident over EVM yet “Adequate members of law enforcement agencies will be deployed. We’re ready to hold the elections in a festive mood,” said the CEC at a meeting with mayor and councillor candidates of the CCC elections at Cumilla District Shilpakala auditorium. CEC Awal said if any candidate wins the election by any unfair means and if it is found out after the election through investigation, then the Election Commission (EC) will take necessary legal steps including filing of cases as per the law. Besides, if the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) get out of service or damaged in any of the centres, the voting time will be extended for the voters who will arrive at the centres before 4 pm. Also read: Poll panel still lacks capacity to use EVMs in all 300 seats, says CEC The EVMs will be used in the Cumilla City Corporation elections set for June 15. “We have all the preparations to conduct the poll in a fair way. Action will be taken if anyone tries to ruin the environment,” he said. The CEC also urged the candidates to help conduct the election in a disciplined way.

A school student died and another about 70 people had been afflicted with diarrhoea in Jurachhari upazila in Rangamati district in last two days, health officials said on Sunday. Rangabi Chakma, a class two student of Amtala village was reported to have died from diarrhoea on Friday, said Ananya Chakma, health officer of Jurachhari Upazila Health Complex. Authorities at Jurachhari Health Complex rushed a five-member medical team to provide medical treatment to the diarrhoea patients in the affected villages, some of them in remote hills. Also read: Diarrhoea breaks out in flood-hit Sylhet Ten patients from the hilly Amtala village under the Moidang union of the upazila were sent to Rangamati upazila health complex on Friday.

Police have recovered a pistol that was looted during an attack on three people including two members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Mirsarai in Chattogram. The firearm was recovered early Sunday from in front of a house in ward-5 of Baraiarhat municipality in the upazila,  said Nur Hossain Mamun, Officer-in-Charge of Jorarganj police station. Earlier on Saturday, OC Mamun gave a 24-hour ultimatum to return the looted firearm in a meeting with some local traders at the municipality. Also read: RAB: 26 held for extortion and snatching in the city “On Saturday night we received an anonymous call that gave information about the arm’s location. We found a letter with the arm that said the man who kept it was scared to hand over it directly to the law enforcers after finding it,” said OC Mamun. On Wednesday evening, some drug peddlers attacked three people including two Rab personnel spreading rumors of robbery when they went to Baroiarhat Municipality Bazar in a car to gather information about drugs-business in the area, leaving the Rab men seriously injured. The two Rab members were late taken to Dhaka for better treatment by a  helicopter. Also read: 13 held over attacking Rab members in Ctg Rab-7 has so far detained 13 people over the incident from Chattogram and Feni districst after identifying them from CCTV footages.

Customs officials detained a man along with 28 gold bars, weighing 3 kg, from Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport on Sunday, officials said. Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Customs, Niamul Hasan said a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG-136 from Jeddah landed at the airport in the morning. Also read: Man detained with 11 gold bars at Sylhet airport During scanning, the customs officials suspected existence of metal objects in the luggage of a passenger , whose name could not be known immediately, and challenged him. Later, they seized the gold bars from his luggage.

A truck driver was killed in a road crash in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as  Makej Ali, 34, a resident of Mirzapur village in Sherpur district. Police said a Burimari-bound truck collided head-on with a Narayanganj-bound truck in Kakina Chapartal area of Lalmonirhat-Burimari road, leaving a driver dead on the spot and three others injured. READ: Two cops among 4 stabbed by drug peddlers in Lalmonirhat Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kaliganj Police Station Golam Rasul said that the truck driver's body was recovered from the spot.  The injured people were sent to a local hospital first and then one of them was sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated.